Kentucky's Hunting Access Sites

Jefferson National Forest.

Location & Size: Letcher & Pike counties, 857 acres 
Contact 1-800-858-1549

Area Habitat mostly forest: open land 6%, forest 94%, wetland 0%, open water 0%.
Entrance GPS coordinates: Latitude N 37.0868, Longitude W -82.7332


Directions & Description: Two portions of this national forest extend into Kentucky, 742 acres in Letcher County on KY 932 and 115 acres in Pike County, access also by trail up Vanover Hollow from KY 197. Both tracts on the Kentucky-Virginia border offer extremely steep and mountainous terrain. For camping check with owner. Owned by U.S. Forest Service

USFS web site

2012-13 Kentucky Hunting and Trapping Guide (PDF), page 53


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